Coverture /(k?v"?r-t?r; 135)/
Cov·er·ture
Coverture
n.
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Covering; shelter; defense; hiding.
Protected by walls or other like coverture.
Beatrice, who even now Is couched in the woodbine coverture.
- The condition of a woman during marriage, because she is considered under the cover, influence, power, and protection of her husband, and therefore called a feme covert, or femme couverte. (Law)